[at-l] Sad news, Patch AT '99

>Yogi '99 has posted this note on another forum tonight:
>
>I have some sad news for fellow 1999 AT hikers.  This morning, Gus
>Berndt---Patch '99---was hit by a bus and killed in Breckenridge, CO.
>Apparently, the bus went out of control and up onto the sidewalk, where
Patch
>was walking.
>
>After finishing the AT in September 1999, Patch moved to Hawaii for several
>months, and then spent the summer in Boston.  Patch just moved to
>Breckenridge about 2 months ago.  Although he had never snowboarded before,
>he dreamed of being a snowboard instructor.  He bought a board, pracitced,
>and was hired as an instructor.  He had planned to save money this winter
and
>then hike the PCT in 2001.
>
>YOGI '99
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